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Steak-ing a claim on the prize – Helen Davies from Woburn Country Foods!
Helen Davies, Director of Woburn Country Foods Butchers based in Haynes, is a finalist in the National Women In Meat…
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Decant Wine and Cheese Deli Opens in Bedford
Decant Wine and Cheese Deli is the latest addition to Castle Lane and Bedford’s Cultural Quarter. As you’d expect from…
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Soupfest is Back! Serving Soup to raise money for the homeless
Following the success of last year’s inaugural Soupfest, the charity take-over of Harpur Square will back – serving up amazing…
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Clanger Citizen Journalist Review: The Full Bronté Literary Cabaret
By Kezia-Rose Johnston Following their successful run of The Full Bronte Literary Cabaret at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scary Little Girls brought the show to The Place Theatre on Wednesday 24 October. This show was a wonderful combination of music, comedy, and storytelling, which focussed on the Bronte family and their works with even a Kate…
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Clanger Citizen Journalist Review: Princess Charming
By Isabelle Brazier (aged 9) Princess Charming [performed by Spun Glass Theatre on 21 October at The Place] is an all aged must-see performance and I loved it. It shows that girls can like blue and dinosaurs and boys can like pink and princesses. The front row seats had cushions in pink and blue and…
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Soupfest is Back! Serving Soup to raise money for the homeless
Following the success of last year’s inaugural Soupfest, the charity take-over of Harpur Square will back – serving up amazing soups to raise money for homeless charities. Once again, Bedford’s chefs will be creating their signature soups to be sold from the Soupfest marquees in Harpur Square. For just £3, customers can purchase a warming…
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Clanger review: As You Like It
Performed at The Place Theatre on 23 September 2018 Reviewed by Isabelle Brazier ( Age 9 ) I read a children’s version of ‘As you like it’ without the Shakespeare language before I came to see the show. The Pantaloons used Shakespeare’s words in a way I could understand which made it funny! This surprised me,…
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Music Highlights for November
From the Jam – All Mod Cons 40th anniversary + greatest hits show Friday 16 November, 7.30pm at Bedford Corn Exchange 2018 sees the 40th Anniversary of the release of ‘All Mod Cons’ the third album release by The Jam. Following a sell-out show in 2017, the band – fronted by former Jam member, Bruce…
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Clanger Review: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Performed at The Place Theatre, Saturday 15 September Review by Kesia-Rose Johnston aged 18 Westerns, once the pinnacle of the early film and television industry, have long since fallen out of fashion. These stories no longer satisfy the mainstream, it seems. People immediately think of gunslingers and dusty old saloons and, despite the genre perhaps beginning…
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The Place Theatre recruits two citizen journalists
The Place Theatre recently announced the winners of their Resident Review Writer competition for young local citizen journalists. Kezia-Rose Johnston (18) won the aged 16-25 category, and Isabelle Brazier (9) from Bromham came first in the 9-15 category and you can read their award-winning reviews over the next two days on our blog. Both girls…
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READ THE NOVEMBER EDITION ONLINE HERE!
Our November edition has hit the streets and you can pick one up from these outlets but you can also read it online here! In the town: Art Centre & Gallery, Bedford Library, The Blue Glass Book Tastic. Boutique Planet Coffee with Art, Coffee Republic, Companions Real Bread CIC, Délices Eagle Bookshop, The Eagle Gallery, The Embankment, Bedford, The Ent.Shed at the Gordon…
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What’s On Highlights for November
Friends of the Higgins Lectures present: Jovan Nicholson – Winifred Nicholson and the Liberation of Colour Tuesday 6 November Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981) wanted, she said, ‘to paint pictures that can call down colours, so that a picture can be a lamp in one’s room, not merely a window’. Nicholson was profoundly interested in how prismatic…
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Clanger competition: Bookfest family pass
Bedford’s Children’s Book Festival is back! Now in it’s fourth year, BookTastic returns for 2018 with four BIG events – including the return of Bedford’s favourite performance poet and children’s writer A.F. Harrold. And The Clanger has secured a FAMILY PASS to his event on Saturday 3rd November at The Place Theatre on Bradgate Road….